Table 2. Enteric disease outbreaks by pathogen, British Columbia, 2009-2013.
Pathogen | Number (%) |
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Norovirus | 38 (36.5%) |
Salmonella | 26 (25%) |
Escherichia coli | 12 (11.5%) |
Clostridium botulinum | 3 (2.9%) |
Campylobacter | 2 (1.9%) |
Hepatitis A | 2 (1.9%) |
Histamine poisoning | 2 (1.9%) |
Shellfish poisoning1 | 2 (1.9%) |
Staphylococcus | 2 (1.9%) |
Other2 | 7 (6.7%) |
Unknown3 | 8 (7.7%) |
Total | 104 |
1 Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (1), Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning (1). 2 Aeromonas (1), toxin/chemical (1), Cryptosporidium (1), Cyclospora (1), Shigella (1), Clostridium perfrigens (1), Clostridium difficile (1). 3 This number includes one outbreak reported as bacterial-unknown, two viral-unknown and one yeast/fungi unknown as well as four where the pathogen causing the outbreak was unknown. In Table 2, four of these are categorized into their higher-level groups.